The Jared McKean Mysteries - Book 1
Racing the Devil
“This is a first-rate PI novel that opens with one of the best-constructed frame-ups I’ve ever read…Written in spare, note-perfect prose, with a knockout plot and characters who don’t go away when you close the cover, this is a terrific book. I hope there’s going to be a lot more of Jared McKean.”
Timothy Hallinan, Edgar Award nominee
Nashville private investigator Jared McKean has a son with Down syndrome, a best friend with AIDS, an ex-wife he can’t seem to fall out of love with, and a weakness for women in jeopardy—until one frames him for murder.
His DNA and fingerprints are found at the murder scene, his voice is on the victim’s answering machine, and the victim was killed with a bullet from his gun. To make matters worse, his teenage nephew comes out of the closet and runs away to join a dangerous fringe of the goth subculture.
Now Jared must find a way to clear his name, hold his family together, and solve a case that could cost him his life.
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